Jesus In The Midst Of The Storm

In the early hours of Monday morning Dave fell on his way to the bathroom and sprained his wrist.  Thankfully his arm was not broken but with one upper limb out of action moving around using the walker was an impossible task.  Dave's mobility scooter is a compact piece of kit and since the layout of this house is more user friendly than the old place he was able to access the lounge, downstairs bathroom and kitchen from this machine.

Last night however proved to be far more tricky and my help was needed on four separate occasions throughout the night.  On most days I wake feeling as if I have been hit by a truck, well this morning I'm convined it was an express train that had mowed me down!!  I am 5ft 2 and Dave is 5ft 10, and so attempting to help him into bed was a tricky challenge for sure.  We have a cunning plan for this night and so I'm hoping that it will work.

Dave is used to waking several times in the night and so settled fairly quickly but I struggled to settle having been disturbed so many times.  It was then that my anxiety initially kicked in and I was worrying about Dave and my friend's parents who have both been hit by Covid-19.  In the past I might have rumenated for quite some time but very quickly I realised what was going on, reflected on Jesus calming the boat in the storm and offered the whole situation to God and peace ensued.

As a result of all the shenanigans I halted our original home school plans and the kids had fun finishing the painting snd building of the compost bin and set up the fire pit.  As I look back on the day "God has worked all things for the good of those that love him," Romans 8v28

 Root vegetable soup courtesy of Ben.

 Cooking bacon on the fire pit, Ben is one happy chap :-)

Working on a plan of action. 

Q.  Why is Pip hammering a cold chisel into the mulch? 
A.  To puncture the cardboard sheets beneath to improve drainage and give a better route for worms to get the feast!

Ta-dah, a lovely second compost bin, this one is situated in the backgarden not far from the kitchen door.  We are determined to 'turn' this heap to ensure a farly quick turn around in the compost.  We also had a phone call from the supplier of the raised beds which are due to be delivered on Friday, yay!  Plenty to keep the kids busy :-)